‘Abusive, dictatorial, tyrannical’: Republicans ramp up attacks on lockdowns

Rep. Andy Harris is fed up with being locked down. “They promised 2 million dead at…

Trump dismantles environmental protections under cover of coronavirus

The Trump administration is diligently weakening US environment protections even amid a global pandemic, continuing its…

‘Chaotic and crazy’: meat plants around the world struggle to contain Covid-19 outbreaks

Outbreaks of Covid-19 at slaughterhouses are occurring in a number of countries around the world, in…

Riverside encounter with an otter family: Country diary, 14 May 1945

CumberlandAn ever lengthening line of bubbles beading the stale, still backwater where a tributary enters the…

Cargo ship sailors press-ganged into keeping the world’s trade afloat

Thomas Stapley-Bunten was due to finish his contract aboard a huge cargo ship carrying liquid natural…

Country diary: where the wildflowers grow weird and wonderful

P lanted across a large area with hardly any paths, the wild and the cultivated flow…

Alexander to remotely chair coronavirus hearing after staffer tests positive for virus

Sen. Lamar Alexander. | Mario Tama/Getty Images Senate health committee Chair Lamar Alexander will remotely lead…

Lamar Alexander warns ‘not enough money’ to help everyone

Sen. Lamar Alexander. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo Congress won’t be able to appropriate enough money to…

After coronavirus, focus on the climate emergency | Letters

Last month, the Guardian quoted Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, saying if…

Schumer calls on VA to explain use of unproven drug on vets

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